Apparatus for optically measuring the distance to a scattering target object or a reflecting target object

An apparatus (10) for optically measuring a distance to a scattering target object (52) and a reflecting target object (51;

• 53), comprising:
• a laser beam source (13) which is embodied as a first electro-optical component and which emits a laser beam (14);
• a detector (15) which is embodied as a second electro-optical component and which receives a reception beam (73) that has been scattered at the scattering target object (52) or a reception beam (63;
• 83) that has been reflected at the reflecting target object (51;
• 53);
• and
• a laser beam shaping device (33) with a first laser beam shaping optical unit (18) and a second laser beam shaping optical unit (31), wherein the second laser beam shaping optical unit (31) differs from the first laser beam shaping optical unit (18) and is disposed downstream of the first laser beam shaping optical unit (18) in a beam path of the laser beam (14, 34);
• wherein the second laser beam shaping optical unit (31) is embodied as a first array (41) of reflecting transmission elements (42) and wherein an orientation of the reflecting transmission elements (42) is adjustable by a first control unit (45) to adjust the orientation such that the laser beam (14) is adaptable to different types of a target object, to a distance to the target object, and to a size of the target object, wherein the different types of the target object include the scattering target object (52) and the reflecting target object (51;
• 53).